Separable fastener



June 12, 1923.

E. V. SWEET SEPARABLE FASTENER Filed June 24 Patented .lune 12, 1923..

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ERVIN V. SWEET, 0F ATTLEBGRG, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB TO C; y0. SNEET AND SON COMPANY, A CQRPORTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

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f Application mea Jun'e 24, i922. serial no. sferica.

i To all whom tr/Lay concer/nx:

Be it known that I, ERVIN V. SWEET, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and `State of Massachusetts, and useful lmprovements in Separable Fasteners, 01E which the following isia`specili cation.

My invention relates toseparable fasten-y ers for guards, garters, armlets and the like and has for its es ential objects the avoidalice of drawing the articleupon the body into desired location; the speedyapplication of the article to the body and its quick and facile release; concealment of the fastening mechanism; and security, simplicity and inexpensiveness. y

To the above ends essentially my invention consists in such parts and in such combinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings form a part of this specification,

Figures l and 2 are afront and plan elevation respectively of `my novel invention,

Figure 3, a section on line 3-3 ofv Figure l, and

Figure ure l Like reference characters indicate ylike parts throughout the views. v My fastener is in this case attached `to strap or ribbon 6 of cloth, leather or `other flexible material carryingnearone end a slidable buckle 7 and liked thereto by an end loop 8 to form an attaching loop 9. The opposite end of the strap or band 6 has a loop ll. This passes through a marginal slot 12 in a plate 1B kthathas fast in its central portion a post 15 provided with a head 16.

The loop 9 passes through a slot which a lateral lug 1,9 upon the margin of aback plate 2O engaged with a face plate 2l by bent over peripheral flange 23, Iand provided with a central depression 24;.' Sealed in the depression is a socket plate 25 having a peripheral bead 27 and ka central socket housing 30 in alignment with a hole 3l in the back plate portion 2l and having lateral slots 33, The socket member is rigidly held in position by the portion 24 of the back have invented certainy new plate engaging the plate 25, and by the engagement ,of the housing 30 with the ,front plate. A curved wire spring is fitted in thesocket plate below the'ribQ? having re 'versed bends 37 and 38 and terminating in .parallel arms l0 entering the slots 33 to engage the `post l5 in the rear of thehead lo which is adapted to register in the end of the socket 30. I f e To attach or detach the described device to the arm or leg it is -i'iecessary only to snapthe post into or withdrawthe same `from' the socket manually.

l claiiniy l. ,ln a separable fastener, an attaching plate pi'ovi 1led with a slot, a post on the plate1 head on thepost, a back plate pro- `"ided with a marginal slot and provided .with a central depression andy with a central hole, a front plate fast to the back plate, and

a socket member embraced by the front plate and; back` plate in alignment with the hole and adapted to receive the head.

` 2. lnla separablefastener,y Aan attachingI plate provided with a slot, a `post on the plate, a headkon the post, a back plateprc- Y f f t y"vided with L mai'ginal slot and provided et, a section on liney ll4 of Fig-L tween the front plate and the back plate eny n *gageable with the post through the slots.

3. ln ase )arable fastener an attachinov 7 b any plate provided with a slot, a post on the plate, a head on the post, aback plate provided with a marginal slot and provided with a central depression and with a central hole, a front plate, a peripheral llange on the front plate engaging the back plate.,

a socket plate seated in the depression, a socket housing integral with the center of the socket plate in alignment with the hole and provided with lateral slots, and a spring carriedy by the lsocket plate comprising an arcuate body portion, and parallel arms seated in the slots engageable with lthe post. ln testimony whereof I have alliXed my signature.

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